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BEIRUT, Nov 25 – Russian or Syrian government warplanes pounded a women’s hospital in Syria’s rebel-held Idlib province on Friday, killing three people nearby, a monitoring group and an aid organisation said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a British-based war monitor, said air strikes battered the hospital in Termanin village on the border between

ISTANBUL, Nov 24 – An air strike thought to have been carried out by Syrian government forces killed three Turkish soldiers and wounded 10 others overnight, one of them seriously, the Turkish military said on Thursday. The attack occurred at around 3:30 am (0030 GMT) in the course of a Turkish-led Syrian rebel operation in

BEIRUT, Nov 22 – At least 141 civilians, including 18 children, have been killed in a week of renewed bombardment on the rebel-held eastern half of Aleppo which has devastated its hospitals, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Tuesday. The Britain-based war monitor said it had documented hundreds of injuries as a result

By Angus McDowall BEIRUT, Nov 20 – All hospitals in Syria’s besieged rebel-held eastern Aleppo are out of service after days of heavy air strikes, its health directorate and the World Health Organisation (WHO) said, though a war monitor said some were still functioning. White House national security adviser Susan Rice said the United States

By Mohamed Ghobari SANAA, Nov 20 – A 48-hour truce aimed at ending Yemen’s civil war came under pressure on Saturday as residents said fighting was still going on in parts of the country. The ceasefire declared by the Saudi-led military coalition trying to restore a Saudi-backed government raised hopes of an end to a

ANKARA, Nov 12 – Turkey’s military killed 18 Daesh militants in northern Syria over the last 24 hours, the army said on Saturday, intensifying strikes against the militant group. Four buildings and one vehicle used by the Daesh fighters were destroyed in the strikes, an army statement said. Separately, five Turkey-backed rebels and five Daesh

By Sardar Razmal KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Nov 4 – Hundreds of mourners gathered on Friday to bury more than 30 civilians killed in an air strike called in to protect Afghan and U.S. forces during a raid on suspected Taliban militants outside the northern city of Kunduz. There was an angry mood in Buz Kandahari, the

MOSCOW, Nov 2 – Russia on Wednesday told anti-government rebels holed up in Syria’s Aleppo to leave by Friday evening, signalling it would extend a moratorium on air strikes against targets inside the city. The Russian Defence Ministry, which is helping forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad try to retake full control of Aleppo, said

By Idrees Ali WASHINGTON, Oct 26 – The United States carried out strikes in Afghanistan on Sunday targeting two of al Qaeda’s most senior leaders in the country, the Pentagon said on Wednesday. The U.S. military is still assessing the results of the strikes against the two leaders who were targeted at command-and-control locations in

MOSCOW, Oct 18 – The Russian and Syrian air forces have halted all air strikes on Aleppo, two days ahead of a planned pause in bombing designed to allow rebels and civilians to leave the city, the Russian defence minister said on Tuesday. The announcement, by Sergei Shoigu, follows a promise made by Moscow on